The Cocktail Hour is a witty comedy of manners. The plot follows a playwright named John who returns to his upper-class, traditional family home in the 1970s to ask his parents for permission to produce a new play he has written about them. As the pre-dinner drinks flow, the family dynamic unravels into a hilarious and revealing squabble. [ ... more ]

George Orwell's satire on the perils of Stalinism has proved magnificently long-lived as a parable about totalitarianism anywhere and has given the world at least one immortal phrase: "Some are more equal than others." This dramatization remains faithful to the book's plot and intent and retains both its affection for the animals and the incisiveness of its message. [ ... more ]